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"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is the opening track of thrash metal band Megadeth's 1990 album ''Rust in Peace''. The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", before speeding up again. The entire song is commonly referred to as "Holy Wars". The lyrics deal with the Northern Ireland conflict. In an interview with the UK magazine Guitarist, Mustaine says that he was inspired to write the song in Northern Ireland, when he discovered bootlegged Megadeth T-shirts were on sale and was dissuaded from taking action to have them removed on the basis that they were part of fund raising activities for "The Cause" (i.e. the Provisional Irish Republican Army).〔(The Realms of Deth - Megadeth Interviews - Dave the Human, Mustaine the Artist )〕 "The Punishment Due" is based on the popular Marvel comic book character, the Punisher.〔(The Realms of Deth - Megadeth Lyrics - Rust in Peace )〕 A cover version of the song is playable in the band simulation game ''Rock Revolution''. The master recording is purchasable as part of the ''Rust in Peace'' album pack on the ''Rock Band'' band simulation platform, and is also playable in the ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock track list revealed )〕 The "Holy Wars...the Punishment Due" video was filmed in August 1990 (around the time of the Gulf War in 1990). It depicts news footage of various armed conflicts, mainly from the Middle East. ==Personnel== *Dave Mustaine - lead vocals, guitar *Dave Ellefson - bass, backing vocals *Nick Menza - drums, percussion *Marty Friedman - guitar 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holy Wars... The Punishment Due」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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